Genesis 1:7:15Gen.1.7.W15PAT

וֽ͏ַיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

vayehikhen

{And} it was so

Transliteration
va-ye-hi-KHEN
Extended
vah-yeh-hee-KHEHN
IPA
/va.jə.hiː.ˈxeːn/

Meaning by language

English
{And} it was so
French
{Et} il en fut ainsi
Spanish
{Y} fue así
Portuguese
{E} foi assim
German
{Und} so war es
Russian
{И} стало так
Arabic-Simplified
{وَ} كَانَ كَذَلِكَ
Hindi
{और} ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
{并且} 就如此成了
Korean
{그리고} 그렇게 되었다
Indonesian
{Dan} demikianlah terjadi
Bengali
{এবং} এমনই হলো
Tagalog
{At} nagkagayon
Swahili
{Na} ikawa hivyo
Amharic
{እና} እንዲሁ ሆነ
Yoruba
{Ati} ó rí bẹ́ẹ̀
Igbo
{Na} ọ dị otu a
Twi
{Na} ɛyɛɛ saa
Ewe
{Ke} eye nenema

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Result
וֽ͏ַ + יְ + הִי + כֵֽן׃
va + ye + hi + khen
vayehikhen

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-hi-KHEN

  2. sentence

    va-YA-as e-lo-HIM et-ha-ra-KEE-ah va-yav-DEL BEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah u-VEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER me-AL la-ra-KEE-ah va-ye-hi-KHEN

In contextGenesis 1:7

God {And He} made the expanse separated between the waters that are under the expanse and between the waters that are above the expanse {And} it was so

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 1:7, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִי־כֵֽן׃ (vayehikhen) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.1.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.7.W15.S1) and character.